Oxford utd vs Arsenal

Hello and welcome to The Athletic's live coverage of today's FA Cup match between League One's Oxford United and Premier League leaders Arsenal.

Zinchenko replaces Tierney and Xhaka comes on for Lokonga. "Every player wants to play whatever the competition. "It was nice. "We have good players, it's the first time I have had probably my strongest team to compete. "From my point of view the players did the club proud. You have to be scoring goals and he's doing it." On Nketiah: "It is what we want from every player. He made a difference. Mikel Arteta had more to say to ITV Sport after the win: "It is always tough to win in this round. January 9, 2023 at 10:27 PM UTC That match will come less than three weeks before the two Premier League title rivals meet in the league for the first time this season. [Bukayo Saka](https://theathletic.com/football/player/bukayo-saka-KM98BOcjxMZ919HO/) hobbled off in the 75th minute, a worrying sight for Arsenal fans with the north London derby coming up on Sunday, but Mikel Arteta confirmed after the match that he is fine.

The Premier League leaders travel to the League One side looking to avoid another third-round upset, after Mikel Arteta's side were knocked out by Nottingham ...

Oxford United 0, Arsenal 2. Eddie Nketiah (Arsenal) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Oxford United vs Arsenal

League One Oxford United will be aiming to cause a huge FA Cup upset as they welcome Premier League leaders Arsenal.. Keep updated with all the action using ...

Tonight is an opportunity to be challenged by the best team in England. I want these players to be the best versions of themselves, whatever the quality of the opposition. We do like to dominate possession of the ball, we might not be able to do that tonight! The home side won't be expecting to get much of the ball tonight, but when they do their players are flooding forward. 'We want to play against the best players. His ball is cleared away before Arsenal play around the Oxford boss results in another corner that eventually comes to nothing. Arsenal are focusing most of their play down the wing and look well short of ideas in the final third. Arsenal venture into a dangerous area on the edge of the Oxford boss with Lokonga's powerful strike blocked behind for a corner. The referee blows his whistle to stop the match but it wasn't a head injury so no idea why he has done that. A deep throw-in into the Oxford boss almost forces an opening goal as the ball somehow makes it's way to Arsenal striker Eddie Nketiah at the near-post. The Gunners are lacking quality and a famous FA Cup upset is still very much on the cards. Oxford fans will be breathing a sigh of relief that there is no VAR here tonight.

Martinelli, lively, has won a corner. Oxford defend that, and another of the same shortly after. Arsenal want a penalty because there was a bit of grapplin' ...

“The way the game was in the first half, we didn’t have a lot of spaces. The problem was they had not registered a shot on target. Now Arsenal move on, to play their nearest league challengers in the next round. “That’s the FA Cup,” said Arteta of his next opponents, coached by his mentor Pep Guardiola. A hint of what was to come came from a lovely run by Saka, who zigged and zagged his way into the area. Well that and the fact, in order to bring some control to the game, Arteta brought on Granit Xhaka. Vieira sent in a delicious free-kick, bending and arcing into the area. His shot was going in but it hit Bate’s heel on the way towards the goal. “Boring, boring Arsenal”, was the taunt from the home crowd. More significantly, Albert Sambi Lokonga had shot from the edge of the area that was blocked by the Oxford captain, Elliott Moore, sliding in at his feet. So accomplished were Mikel Arteta’s side that a tie which, for much of the first half, threatened to be tricky, turned out to be a stroll. Such resistance meant they restricted Arsenal to only two interventions of note in the opening 45 minutes.

Minute-by-minute report: Join Will Unwin for updates as the Premier League leaders visit League One Oxford.

[Arsenal](https://www.theguardian.com/football/arsenal),” suggests Charles Antaki. It would be a harsh penalty but that does not stop the For some reason the powers that be in football seem to want to encourage this behaviour.” 42 mins: Martinelli gets the ball off Anderson on the halfway and looks to sprint away. Vieira gets hold of it and flicks the ball to Saka, who cuts inside and shoots beyond McGinty but Bate is on the line to stop the shot. 59 mins: Brown, who has a really long thrown, launches the ball into the box but Tomiyasu is there to meet it with his head. Vieira swings the ball into the box and Elneny is there to head home from six yards. Arsenal break on Oxford through Martinelli, he holds the ball and slides the pass through for Nketiah at the perfect time, allowing the striker to take a touch and calmly dink over the goalkeeper. The midfielder sends a looping volley at goal that fails to trouble Turner. That should be a lively match at the Etihad. Not a bad week for the lad. I question if it was a free-kick for the first.

Follow the action live as Premier League leaders Arsenal head to League One side Oxford in the FA Cup third round.

— Oxford play host to Arsenal at the Kassam Stadium in Oxford, England. Arsenal's has been anything but, establishing a six-point lead at the top of the Premier League which will count for nothing when they kick off at the Kassam Stadium this evening. We missed Emile – we know at his best, he is a big player for us." Oxford start the show! Mikel Arteta is focusing that stern gaze forward on the touchline. This has been a quiet start on the pitch, which may suit both teams. Bukayo Saka is on his bike for the first time this morning. This is an obvious chance for Kieran Tierney to stake his claim for a more regular Arsenal starting berth. Then two tasty - and successful - challenges go in from their heroes, just to ramp the excellent atmosphere up a notch. Oxford are growing in belief. This is a useful spell for Oxford.

Match report as Arsenal beat Oxford 3-0 in the FA Cup third round; Mohamed Elneny opened the scoring with a header before Eddie Nketiahs double secured the ...

"From my point of view, the players did the club proud. They didn't look like a team so far apart to the other team. "We have good players. He showed great composure. But the Gunners looked nothing like the swaggering side that have opened up a five-point lead at the top of the Premier League, with Oxford - who are 14th in the third tier - holding them at bay with relative ease during the first half. Mikel Arteta's side failed to record a single shot on target during a drab first half as Oxford frustrated the Premier League leaders, but Mohamed Elneny set them on their way 10 minutes into the second period with his first goal of the season.

Follow the action live as Premier League leaders Arsenal head to League One side Oxford in the FA Cup third round.

Oxford play host to Arsenal at the Kassam Stadium in Oxford, England. Oxford start the show! This is an obvious chance for Kieran Tierney to stake his claim for a more regular Arsenal starting berth. Oxford are growing in belief. Will Arsenal bring on the big Gunners? Then two tasty - and successful - challenges go in from their heroes, just to ramp the excellent atmosphere up a notch. Oxford deal with the danger comfortably. Oxford are harassing Arsenal and almost create a dangerous opportunity from the left. Oxford clear with ease, then Matt Taylor wins a foul as the result of a clumsy challenge by Albert Sambi Lokonga. Gabriel Martinelli causes Oxford a couple of scares with vicious inswinging corners from the right. Arsenal set up a fourth-round tie at Manchester City! After Arsenal fell at this stage at Nottingham Forest - then a Championship club - last season, Arteta had offered an apology to fans.

Eddie Nketiah scored twice as Arsenal won 3-0 away at League One side Oxford United to set up an FA Cup fourth round tie at Manchester City.

Oxford play host to Arsenal at the Kassam Stadium in Oxford, England. Oxford start the show! This is an obvious chance for Kieran Tierney to stake his claim for a more regular Arsenal starting berth. Oxford are growing in belief. Will Arsenal bring on the big Gunners? Then two tasty — and successful — challenges go in from their heroes, just to ramp the excellent atmosphere up a notch. Oxford deal with the danger comfortably. Oxford are harassing Arsenal and almost create a dangerous opportunity from the left. Oxford clear with ease, then Matt Taylor wins a foul as the result of a clumsy challenge by Arsenal midfielder Albert Sambi Lokonga. Gabriel Martinelli causes Oxford a couple of scares with vicious inswinging corners from the right. Arsenal set up a fourth-round tie at Manchester City! After Arsenal fell at this stage last season at Nottingham Forest — then a Championship club — Arteta had offered an apology to fans.